People tend to glorify FDR as some sort of saint- I think after WW2 he was elivated to god stauts- The reality is he was a quasi dictator who nearlly destoyed America. Pres. Hoover was not to blame for the depression- FDR was, and the fact none of FDR's policies could help eliviate the depression in th mid to late 30s was proof of his ineptitude. His social security program was federal welfare- proof of his socialist leanings.
FDR vowed neutrality, yet waged in a global war on 2 fronts. War with Japan was justified as they attcked us, but clearly negotiatons with Hitler could have defused the need for war with Germany. Rooselvelt ordered the arrest of jouralists who questioned his policies, proof her was a fascist. His internment of the japanese Americans was a horrible decision- these people were asiaitic in ancestory- but were Americans- that act alone should serve as proof of his poor leadership- Staying in office for 4 terms was proof he had fascist ambitions- HORRIBLE president
2007-03-06 08:39:24 · 6 answers · asked by OctopusGuy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not very good but good. He took courage to fight against Hitler and the allied forces who beat Hitler were good too and they were commanded by General Eisenhower. His wife Eloner (don't know how to spell it, but Franklin Roosevelt's wife) Roosevelt and Anne Frank were the pride of the diary of Anne Frank, she even commented it. Franklin took courage to fight against Hitler. He is not in fault of the deppresion. It was the poor citazins and poor army. But it was luck that George Washington was born and commanded the Continental Army. Against the British. Roosevelt was the cause of George Washington in the army. And if Washington wasn't in the army, British will rule America. Roosevelt is a great president.
2007-03-06 09:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hoover was not to blame for the depression -- it was caused by overproduction beginning around 1927. But Hoover did very little to solve the problems associated with the Depression.
And while FDR's programs did not "solve" the Depression as you claim (it took World War II to do that), his programs did provide relief for millions of Americans.
If Roosevelt was so inept, why was he re-elected in the largest landslide in American history in 1936? The American people ruled on this question, and in FDR's favor.
Roosevelt did not vow neutrality, as you claim. He was always an internationalist, and it's why conservative Republicans hated him (among other reasons).
And if you think Hitler could be successfully negotiated with, ask Neville Chamberlain. Hitler was determined to seize control of all of Europe, by any means necessary. And for the US to fail to defend Britain and the rest of Europe against Hitler would have been a disastrous failure of leadership.
The arrest of journalists? You'll have to show proof. I'm a journalist and an historian, and I can't remember FDR doing it.
The internment camps -- no excuses. One of the worst decisions ever by a US President. But you can't argue that most of his predecessors and successors wouldn't have done the same thing. Racism runs pretty deep in the American soul.
He was in office four terms because he was ELECTED by the American people during a crisis-ridden period. People could have chosen Wendell Willkie or Tom Dewey -- they didn't. If FDR was truly a dictator, he would have cancelled the elections of 1940 and 1944.
I won't say FDR is perfect, even saintly. But he did lead the United States ably through two of its worst crises. And I believe that he is correctly assessed as one of our better presidents.
2007-03-06 09:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What is with you, have a belly ache, maybe an itch in a sensitive place? Or maybe you are smoking something peculiar. FDR was one of the greats. Not without his faults of course. But he saved the upper classes from themselves. He came from these upper classes and a revolution might have occurred pulling them down. No, he did not end the depression, but he ameliorated it and held on so that natural forces would end it. Look for someone else to spew venom on, FDR is the wrong guy.
2007-03-06 13:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
FDR filled his toilet daily with tightly wound coils of fecal matter every single one of which would have each made a better president than Bush.
2007-03-06 08:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by chimpus_incompetus 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I may not have been alive back then... but I've gotta say, I don't think anyone's been able to mess things up quite like Bush. He really takes the cake.
2007-03-06 08:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by pixysnot 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I didn't take the time to read the details. But if you think so, sure!
2007-03-06 08:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋